# 蝙蝠
## Chinese

* 蝙蝠

### Etymology

An alliterative augmentation of 蝠 (OC *pɯɡ, “bat”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *baːk (“bat”). Cognate with Mizo bâk (“bat”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): biānfú, biǎnfú
       (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ, ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): bian$^3$ fu$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): pin$^1$ fuk$^1$ / bin$^1$ fuk$^1$ / bin$^2$ fuk$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): 'bien$^3$ fuh$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phiên-fuk
* Northern Min (KCR): bǐng-bô̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): biēng-hók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pián-hok / pian-hok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): piang$^1$ hog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$pi-foq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biānfú
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bianfú
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^1$-fu$^2$
*** Yale: byān-fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianfwu
*** Palladius: бяньфу (bjanʹfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$蝙蝠 邊幅 / 边幅
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蝙蝠兒 / 蝙蝠儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biānfúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: bianfúr
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^1$-fu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: byān-fúr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bianfwul
*** Palladius: бяньфур (bjanʹfur)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fuɻʷ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, nonstandard)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnfú
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnfú
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^3$-fu$^2$
*** Yale: byǎn-fú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanfwu
*** Palladius: бяньфу (bjanʹfu)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蝙蝠兒 / 蝙蝠儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnfúr
*** Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄈㄨˊㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnfúr
*** Wade–Giles: pien$^3$-fu$^2$-ʼrh
*** Yale: byǎn-fúr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanfwul
*** Palladius: бяньфур (bjanʹfur)
*** Sinological IPA : /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ fuɻʷ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: bian$^3$ fu$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: bianfu
*** Sinological IPA : /piɛn⁵³ fu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pin$^1$ fuk$^1$ / bin$^1$ fuk$^1$ / bin$^2$ fuk$^1$
*** Yale: pīn fūk / bīn fūk / bín fūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pin$^1$ fuk$^7$ / bin$^1$ fuk$^7$ / bin$^2$ fuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pin$^1$ fug$^1$ / bin$^1$ fug$^1$ / bin$^2$ fug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/, /piːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/, /piːn³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$篇幅 蝙蝠
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: 'bien$^3$ fuh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ˈpiɛn²¹³⁻¹³ fuʔ⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phiên-fuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: pien$^ˊ$ fug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pian$^1$ fug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰi̯en²⁴ fuk̚²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bǐng-bô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /piŋ²¹ pɔ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: biēng-hók
*** Sinological IPA : /pieŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(h-)}$ŋouʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pián-hok
*** Tâi-lô: pián-hok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: piefnhog
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /piɛn⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /piɛn⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pian-hok
*** Tâi-lô: pian-hok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: pienhog
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /piɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: piang$^1$ hog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiang hok
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ hok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$pi-foq
*** MiniDict: pi$^平$ foh
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$pi-foq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi⁵⁵ foʔ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: pen pjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 蝙 | 蝠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | III |
| Fanqie | 布玄切 | 方六切 |
| Baxter | pen | pjuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pen/ | /pɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pen/ | /piuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /pɛn/ | /piuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /pɛn/ | /puwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /pen/ | /piuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /pien/ | /pĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pien/ | /pi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | biān | fu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | bin$^1$ | fuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*peːn pɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蝠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[p]ək/ |
| English | bat (Sagart, 2017) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蝙 | 蝠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 725 | 3398 |
| Phonetic component | 扁 | 畐 |
| Rime group | 元 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 邊 | 福 |
| Old Chinese | /*peːn/ | /*pɯɡ/ |

### Noun

蝙蝠
* bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝠, 蝙蝠, 服翼 E, 飛鼠 E, 老鼠 E, 仙鼠 E, 蟙䘃 Northern Yan |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蝙蝠 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 燕麼虎兒, 燕麼虎子, 燕麼虎, 夜末虎, 蝙蝠兒, 燕蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 檐蝙虎兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 燕別咕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 燕別咕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 蝙蝠, 燕蝙虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 夜蝙蝠, 燕別咕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 檐蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蝙蝠, 燕別咕, 燕別蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 燕別咕, 別咕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 燕蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 燕蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 燕別蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 蝙蝠, 燕蝙蝠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蝙蝠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 燕巴虎兒, 檐老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蝙蝠, 檐蝙蝠, 煙袋蝠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 檐巴虎兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 元蝙虎兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 檐蝙蝠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 檐壁虎兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 檐壁蝠子, 檐壁虎 suburban |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 檐蝙虎兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 蝙蝠, 燕蝙蝠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 檐蝙虎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 元寶戶兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蝙蝠兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 檐蝙蝠子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 夜鱉胡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 眠眠虎子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 夜蝙蟲 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 夜飄葫蘆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 蝙蝠, 眠眠虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 蝙蝠, 檐蝙虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 檐蝙虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 檐蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠, 夜標虎, 夜標虎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 檐蝙蝠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 夜百風 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 檐蝙蝠兒, 檐蝙蝠子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 檐老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 夜別虎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 夜別虎兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 鴷蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴷蝙蝠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Jimsar | 鴷蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 檐老鼠兒, 夜壁蝠兒, 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 檐老鼠兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 檐老鼠兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 檐老鼠兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠, 檐鼠佬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 夜老鼠, 鹽老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蝙蝠兒, 夜老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 夜壁鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 夜壁虎, 夜老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 蝙蝠, 夜壁蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蝙蝠, 檐耗子, 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 人老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 飛鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蝙蝠, 飛鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 檐飛鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 飛鼠, 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 檐鼠老 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 蝙蝠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 蝙蝠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 壁蝠, 壁蝠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 檐蝙蝠, 蝙蝠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 檐蝙蝠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 蝙蝠, 偷油老鼠, 油老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 檐老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蝙蝠, 壁蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 檐老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蝙蝠, 檐老鼠 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 蝙蝠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝠鼠, 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蝙蝠, 蝠鼠, 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蝠鼠, 盲老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 盲老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 蚊鼠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 蝙蝠 |
| Cantonese | Macau (Tanka) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蝠鼠, 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 麻洲鼠 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 蝠鼠, 飛翔鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 蝠鼠, 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 屁鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蝠鼠, 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Yangjiao) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 飛鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 餿鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 灰鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 蝠鼠 |
| Cantonese | Betong (Rongxian) | 蝙蝠 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 檐老鼠, 蝙蝠 |
| Gan | Pengze | 檐老鼠 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 檐老鼠 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 檐老鼠 |
| Gan | Guixi | 皮皮老鼠 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 檐老鼠 |
| Gan | Jianning | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 蝠婆哩 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 飛鼠, 盲蚤鼠, 蝙蝠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 蚊鼠 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 飛鼠哎 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蝠婆, 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 蝠婆哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 蝠婆哩, 夜摸哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 蝠婆哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 蚊鼠 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 蚊鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 蚊鼠哎 |
| Hakka | Lianping | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 蝠婆, 蚊鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 調檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Yongding) | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Zhongshan) | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝠婆子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Juxi) | 夜老鼠 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Zhongbao) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔, 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蝙蝠, 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蝙蝠, 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蝠婆, 蚊鼠 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 密婆 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 蝠婆蟲, 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 飛鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longtan) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shiling) | 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Longwang) | 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Shibantan) | 飛老鼠, 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 飛老鼠 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Xindu Subdistrict) | 飛老鼠 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 檐老鼠 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蝠婆, 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Fengshun) | 蝠婆 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 蝠婆 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 飛行老鼠, 天行老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蝙蝠, 偷油燕, 偷油老鼠, 陌翼老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老伯布翼 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老伯飛兒, 老伯飛飛兒 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老鼠扁翼 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 鹽老鼠兒 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老鼠蒲翼 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 夜壁蝠, 夜壁虎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 夜壁蝠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Datong | 檐耗子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蝙蝠, 夜壁虎 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Linhe | 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Jining | 夜蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Baotou | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Handan | 蝙蝠, 夜蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 蝙蝠 |
| Jin | Suide | 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 夜蝙蝠兒 |
| Jiuxing Yumin | Lanxi | 蝙蝠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 比婆, 蝙蝠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 比婆 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 屄婆 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 琵婆 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 碑婆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 琵琶兜壁, 蝙蝠, 野燕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 密婆, 日婆, 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 日婆, 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 日婆 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蝶婆仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 日婆, 夜婆, 密婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 夜婆仔, 夜婆, 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 夜婆仔, 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 夜婆仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 密婆仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 密婆, 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 日婆 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 夜婆, 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 姨婆 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Taitung (Green Island) | 班爾折 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Liuqiu) | 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 月婆, 密婆, 夜婆, 日婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蝙蝠, 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Pengnan) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 夜婆, 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Huxi) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Wangan) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Cimei) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Zhongtun) | 蝙蝠仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Houliao) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Tongliang) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Jibei) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 密婆, 夜婆 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蝙蝠, 日婆 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 蝠婆仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 蝠婆仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 鼠母密婆 |
| Southern Min | Shunchang (Pushang) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 飛鼠 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Sijie) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Pingle (Zhoutang) | 飛鼠 |
| Southern Min | Lechang (Tatou) | 飛鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yingde (Yuzui) | 飛鼠, 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Yunan (Liantan) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 脊婆 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蝠婆, 密婆, 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 蝠婆 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 蝠婆 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 蝠婆 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 白符 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 蝙蝠 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 密婆 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 飛鼠 |
| Southern Min | Maoming (Xiadong, Dianbai) | 飛鼠 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 飛鼠, 蝠鼠 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 飛鼠, 佛鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 廬翕, 蠓鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 飛鼠, 蠓鼠, 廬鼠婆 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 壁婆 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 卑婆燕, 老鼠燕 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 琵婆檐 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 琵婆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Guangze | 琵琶老鼠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Jiangle | 檐腹老鼠 |
| Shaojiang Min | Mingxi | 檐皮婆 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shunchang | 琵琶燕 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 飛鼠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 目蠓婆, 悲婆 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 飛鼠 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 夜鷂子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Changshu | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 偷油老鼠 |
| Wu | Liyang | 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Changzhou (Jintan) | 蝙蝠子, 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Yixing | 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠蝠 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 蝙蝠蝠 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠子 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蝙蝠, 蝙蝠兒 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 蝙蝠老鼠, 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 蝙蝠, 夜遊烏 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 皮翼, 老鼠皮翼 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 蝙蝠 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老鼠皮翼 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 皮翼 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 檐老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 飛鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 檐老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 飛鼠嘀 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 飛鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 飛鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 飛鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 飛鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 拍拍鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 檐老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 檐老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 檐老鼠 |
| Note | E - east of Hangu Pass | E - east of Hangu Pass |

#### Derived terms

* 夜蝙蝠
* 燕蝙蝠 (yànbianfú)
* 紅蝙蝠 / 红蝙蝠
* 蝙蝠不自見，笑他樑上燕 / 蝙蝠不自见，笑他梁上燕
* 蝙蝠人
* 蝙蝠俠 / 蝙蝠侠 (Biānfúxiá)
* 蝙蝠子
* 蝙蝠扇
* 蝙蝠蝠
* 蝙蝠衫
* 鴷蝙蝠 / 䴕蝙蝠

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 蝙蝠(へんぷく) (henpuku)
* → Korean: 편복(蝙蝠) (pyeonbok)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 蝙 | 蝠 |
| こうもり ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
/kapapori/ → /kafabori/ → /kawabori/ → /kaumori/ → /kɔːmori/ → /koːmori/
Alteration of kawahori, or kawabori (see below).
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) こーもり [kóꜜòmòrì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ko̞ːmo̞ɾʲi]

#### Noun

蝙蝠(こうもり) or 蝙蝠(コウモリ) • (kōmori)
* a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
    Synonyms: 蚊食い鳥 (kakuidori), 天鼠 (tenso), バット (batto), 飛鼠 (hiso)
** 1999 May 25, “バット [Bat]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:
    左(さ)右(ゆう)のハネに搭(とう)載(さい)された爆(ばく)弾(だん)を落(お)としてくるメカコウモリ。
       Sayū no hane ni tōsai sareta bakudan o otoshite kuru meka-kōmori.
       A mecha-bat that drops bombs from its two wings.
* an opportunist
* Short for 蝙蝠傘 (kōmori-gasa): a Western-style umbrella
** 1963, “明日があるさ”, 青島幸男 (lyrics)‎performed by 坂本九:
    ぬれてるあの娘(こ)コウモリへ さそってあげよと待(ま)っている
       nureteru ano ko kōmori he sasotte ageyo to matteiru
       (please add an English translation of this example)
* Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kōmori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as コウモリ.

##### Derived terms

* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蛾(ガ) (kōmoriga, “swift moth”, Endoclita excrescens)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)楓(カエデ) (kōmori kaede)
* 蝙蝠(こうもり)傘(がさ) (kōmori-gasa)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)葛(カズラ) (kōmori kazura)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)羊歯(シダ) (kōmori shida)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)草(ソウ) (kōmorisō)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)壁蝨(ダニ) (kōmori dani)
* 蝙蝠(こうもり)の翼(つばさ) (kōmori no tsubasa)
* 蝙蝠(コウモリ)蠅(バエ) (kōmoribae)
* 蝙蝠(こうもり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kōmori-baori)
* 蝙蝠(こうもり)半纏(ばんてん) (kōmori-banten)
* 油(アブラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (abura-kōmori), 家(イエ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ie-kōmori)
* 荒(アラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (arakōmori)
* 魚食(ウオクイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (uokui kōmori)
* 兎(ウサギ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (usagi-kōmori)
* 馬面(ウマズラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (umazura kōmori)
* 大(オオ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (ōkōmori, “megabat, flying fox”)
* 大(オオ)葉(バコ)蝙蝠(ウモリ) (ōbako umori)
* 神楽(カグラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kagura kōmori)
* 蟹(カニ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kani-kōmori)
* 菊(キク)頭(ガシラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kikugashira kōmori)
* 頸(クビ)輪(ワ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kubiwa kōmori)
* 黒赤(クロアカ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kuroaka kōmori)
* 挿(サシ)尾蝙蝠(オコウモリ) (sashio kōmori)
* 皿持(サラモチ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (saramochi kōmori)
* 吸付(スイツキ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (suitsuki kōmori)
* 血(チ)吸(スイ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (chisui kōmori), 吸(キュウ)血(ケツ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (kyūketsu kōmori, “vampire bat”)
* 秩父(チチブ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Chichibu kōmori)
* 天(テン)狗(グ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (tengu kōmori)
* 雛(ヒナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hinakōmori)
* 豚(ブタ)鼻(バナ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (butabana kōmori, “Kitti's hog-nosed bat”)
* 篦(ヘラ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hera kōmori)
* 頬髯(ホホヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hohohige kōmori), 頬髯(ホオヒゲ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (hōhige kōmori, “whiskered bat”)
* マレーフルーツ蝙蝠(コウモリ) (Marē furūtsu kōmori)
* 溝(ミゾ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mizo kōmori)
* 耳(ミミ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (mimikōmori)
* 股白(モモジロ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (momojiro kōmori)
* 山(ヤマ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yama kōmori)
* 指長(ユビナガ)蝙蝠(コウモリ) (yubinaga kōmori)

##### Proverbs

* 蝙蝠(こう)も鳥(りもとり)のうち (kōmori mo tori no uchi, “bats are also birds”)
* 鳥(とり)無(な)き里(さと)の蝙蝠(こうもり) (torinaki sato no kōmori, “in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king”, literally “bat in a birdless village”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 蝙 | 蝠 |
| かわほり ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
/kapapori/ → /kafafori/ → /kawahori/
From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.
Ultimate derivation unclear, appears to be derived from a compound.
Likely from 皮, 革 (kawa, “leather, skin”) + an unknown component hori.
Orthographic borrowing from Chinese 蝙蝠.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ho̞ɾʲi]

#### Noun

蝙蝠(かわほり) • (kawahori) (alternative reading hiragana かわぼり, rōmaji kawabori, historical hiragana かはぼり)
* (archaic) a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)
* Short for 蝙蝠扇 (kawahori-ōgi): a paper folding fan
* Short for 蝙蝠羽織 (kawahori-baori): a haori with long sleeves similar to the wings of a bat

##### Derived terms

* 蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) (kawahori-ōgi, “paper folding fan”)
* 蝙蝠(カワホリ)楓(カエデ) (kawahori kaede)
* 蝙蝠(カワホリ)羊歯(シダ) (kawahori shida)
* 蝙蝠(かわほり)羽(ば)織(おり) (kawahori-baori)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 蝙 | 蝠 |
| へん Hyōgai | ふく > ぷく Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
From Middle Chinese 蝙蝠 (MC pen pjuwk).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) へんぷく [hèńpúkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [hẽ̞mpɯ̟kɯ̟]

#### Noun

蝙(へん)蝠(ぷく) • (henpuku)
* a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)

### References

* 1 2 3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* ↑ “蝙蝠”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 蝙 | 蝠 |

### Noun

蝙蝠 • (pyeonbok) (hangeul 편복)
* hanja form of 편복 (“bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)”)

## Okinawan

Kanji in this term :
| 蝙 | 蝠 |
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |

### Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 蝙蝠 (kōmori).

### Noun

蝙蝠(かーぶやー) (kābuyā)
* a bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera)